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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte discuss the different methods of introducing new birds to your established flock.
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Formulating Your Own Feed - MOTHER EARTH NEWS Staff
All The Different Types of Chicken Feed Explained - Backyard Chicken Coops
Why We Don't Feed Scratch Grains - Jennifer Sartell
Feeding Your Flock Only Corn-? - Meredith Chilson
Fatty Livers...

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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte discuss various chicken predators, how to identify them, and how to keep your backyard flock safe.
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Identifying 14 Common Chicken Predators (and How to Protect Them)
Top 10 Chicken Predators
Poultry Predator Identification: A Guide to Tracks and Sign
Know Your Enemy: Chicken Predators
Keep Predators Away From Your Flock
8 Tips for Keeping your...

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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte discuss the rules of coop design and what your chickens need from their home to be both happy and healthy.
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Community Chickens Guide to Backyard Coops
My Chicken RV!
The Chicken Tractor
The Egg-Roll
The Three-Season Summer House
How to add wheels to a chicken coop to create a tractor – Backyard chickens
Free Coop Plans
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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte discuss the rules of coop design and what your chickens need from their home to be both happy and healthy.
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Community Chickens Guide to Backyard Coops
I’m Stuck in a Coop and I Can’t Get Out - May Woodworth
6 Things Every Chicken Coop Needs - Jennifer Sartell
The Makings of a Great Coop! 7 Things to Get You Started! - Jennifer...

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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte discuss the different methods of introducing new birds to your established flock.
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New Chicks On the Block - May Woodworth
Introducing New Chicks to An Existing Flock -Jennifer Sartell
Pecking Order Explained - Jennifer Sartell
Reordering In the Pecking Order - Donna Belcher McGlasson
How to Speak Chicken
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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte explore different physical ailments and injuries that you may come across in your flock and what to do about them.
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Part 1 Wry Neck Chick - May Woodworth, Part 2, Part 3
A First-Aid Kit - Meredith Chilson
Poultry First Aid: A Novice Starter Kit - Krislee Johnson
What's in My Chicken First Aid Kit - Carrie Miller
Spraddle Leg in a...

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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte explore different illnesses that you should be aware of when raising chickens. They discuss signs, symptoms, and treatments to help you be better prepared.
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Biosecurity - The Livestock Conservancy
Using Diatomaceous Earth - Melisa Caughey
5 Conditions Not Worthy of a Death Sentence - the Chicken Chick
The Chicken Health Handbook -...

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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte discuss what considerations to take when setting up a brooder for your chicks.
Links from this episode:
Setting Up Your Brooder
Raising Chicks: A week-by-week schedule
Raising Chicks: Chick Brooder Temperature and Light Requirements – Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens
DIY Brooder
Boredom in the Brooder
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In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Charlotte Brunin and Kellsey Trimble, of Grit, sat down with Cindy Gibson and Sharon Dodds from the Guinea Fowl International Association to discuss how to care for, train, and interpret their behavior.
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To see Brinsea’s incubator, chick brooder, and coop door in action, check them out during the Mother Earth News Facebook Live projects or visit www.Brinsea.com.
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In this episode, Zach and Charlotte discuss how to prepare yourself for hatching chicks and what to do if they appear to be having troubles freeing themselves from their shell.
Links from this episode:
Chicken Embryo Development - Video
Hatch Your Own Chicks
9 Tips for a successful Hatch Day
Incubation Series Part 4: The Long Wait and Hatching Day
Tips on Hatching Eggs and Starting Baby...

In this classic episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends, our guests discuss the darlings of the barnyard, ducks: what to feed them, how to house them, their behavior and what they bring to the table.
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9 Reasons Why Raising Ducks Might Be a Better Option Than Chickens
The Homestead Guide to Domesticated Ducks
Incubating Duck Eggs Successfully
The Pros & Cons of Eating Duck Eggs vs Chicken Eggs
Find our Guests Books in the...

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In this episode, our hosts Zach Foley and Charlotte Brunin discuss the in's and out's of using incubators and caring for their precious cargo.
Links from this episode:
Guide to Incubation Terms, Temperatures, times and Humidity Levels
Hank Will’s Tips on Incubating Eggs
Incubating Eggs Hens Vs. Artificial Incubator (Video)
5 Clever Incubation Tips
Candling with the Brinsea Ova...

Thank you to our sponsor, Brinsea the Incubation Specialists, for making this episode possible!
Thank you to our sponsor, Brinsea the Incubation Specialists, for making this episode possible!
In this episode, our hosts Zach Foley and Charlotte Brunin discuss various chicken breeds, how to pick the right one for you, and where to find them.
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Thank you to our sponsor, Brinsea the Incubation Specialists, for making this episode possible!
Thank you to our sponsor, Brinsea the Incubation Specialists, for making this episode possible!
In this episode, our hosts Zach Foley and Charlotte Brunin discuss various chicken breeds, how to pick the right one for you, and where to find them.
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Thank you to our sponsor, Brinsea the Incubation Specialists, for making this episode possible!
In this episode, our hosts Zach Foley and Charlotte Brunin discuss various chicken breeds, how to pick the right one for you, and where to find them.
Thanks for listening to our very first episode! Don't forget to subscribe and to share this episode with your friends!
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Tracing the Roots of our Domestic Chickens- Meredith Chilson
5 Tips for Chicken Breed Selection -...

Thank you to our sponsor, Brinsea the Incubation Specialists, for making this episode possible!
In this episode, our hosts Zach Foley and Charlotte Brunin discuss various chicken breeds, how to pick the right one for you, and where to find them.
Thanks for listening to our very first episode! Don’t forget to subscribe and to share this episode with your friends!
Until next time… May the flock be with you!

In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends we discuss the considerations you need to take when you are building a chicken coop including: where to keep the food, how to space the perches, and are automatic doors all they are cracked up to be!?
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In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Kellsey Trimble, of Grit, sat down with Alison Martin from the Livestock Conservancy and Cindy Gibson from the Guinea Fowl International Association to discuss popular poultry breeds and species that you may want to add to your homestead.
Here is a collection of related articles you may enjoy:
Guinea Fowl International
Livestock Conservancy
The Big...

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